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Records Fall as Navy Track and Field Wins its 24th-Consecutive Star Match

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy track and field teams swept the 2025 Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet, which is part of the overall Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA, Saturday at Ingram Field in Annapolis. The men's team posted a 104-99 victory and the women's team claimed a 107-96 win.

It was the 13th-consecutive outdoor victory over the Black Knights for the men's team and the 10th-straight outdoor win for the women's team.

The Mids have now won 24-straight indoor / outdoor Star Meets over Army.

"Winning 24-consecutive Star Meets is impressive considering how close the meets are designed to be. This streak is a representation of all the hard work these players, staff and support staff behind the scenes puts in year-round," stated Director of Track and Field Jamie Cook.

Men's Recap:
The Midshipmen won 11 of the 19 events and scored the maximum points in five of them to post a 104-99 victory.

Army opened the meet by winning the hammer throw, long jump and 3,000m steeplechase to jump out to a quick 22-11 lead.

The Navy duo of Brian Schloeder and Gunnar Kimball earned the team's first event victory in the pole vault as they posted an identical 4.89m (16' 0.5").

The 4x100m relay team of Marcel Jackson, Nathan Kent, Jonah Johnson and Tyler Yurich won Navy's first track event of the day with a school-record time of (39.64).

"We knew how great these four men are. When thinking back of all the great sprinters that have come out of the Naval Academy, to break the school record twice this season is very impressive and I'm so happy for the group," remarked Cook.

Kent ran the second-fastest 200m mark in school history (20.81) to win the event for the third-straight time at the Star Meet.

Senior Luke Nester won his first Army-Navy outdoor event in the 1,500m with a time of 3:49.63. Nester had a big final lap as he edged out Adam Furman (3:49.95) for the close victory.

Freshman Dane Eike finished in third place in the 1,500m with a season-best mark of 3:51.78.

Senior Pete deJonge won his first individual Army-Navy event in the 400m with a season-best mark of 47.67. Jacques Guillaume (47.98) and Simon Alexander (48.68) finished shortly after deJonge to place second and third, respectively, for the Mids' first sweep of the day.  

Yurich continued his big day when he ran the fastest 100m time of 10.47 for his second victory in the meet. Navy earned maximum points in the event with Jackson's (10.51) second-place finish.

Sophomore David Walker won his first-career Army-Navy event in the 400m hurdles in 52.43.

Guillaume's strong day carried into the 400m hurdles (53.49) with a second-place finish for Navy's third maximum points event.

"[Jacques] Guillaume is Navy track and field.  He's arguably the best leader I have ever been around. It's a testament on the way he was raised and what kind of officer he's going to be. He's an awesome young man," said Cook.

Senior Murphy Smith won his first Army-Navy outdoor meet event in the 5,000m (14:07.07). It was Smith's first time running in the event this spring. Alexander Kirkland secured Navy's fourth max points event with his second-place time of 14:08.29.

The Mids also won the high jump and javelin in the field events.  Sophomore Sheldon Ulmer posted a winning height of 2.07m (6' 9.5") in the high jump.  It was his third-straight meet winning the event.  Caleb Walker won the javelin with a season-best toss of 64.31m (211' 0").

The Mids went into the final event of the meet (4x400m relay) with a slim 99-96 edge over Army. The team of deJonge, Kent, Alexander and Guillaume cruised to the victory in 3:13.50, finishing nearly three seconds faster than the Black Knights (3:16. 53).

Women's Recap:
The women's team won 12 of the 19 events and scored the maximum points in six to post a 107-96 victory.

Senior Annie Lemelin left it all out on the track in her final Army-Navy competition as she competed in five events. She won the 100m, 400m hurdles and was a member of the 4x100m relay team. Lemelin also finished in second place in the 100m hurdles and was a part of the 4x400m relay team.

Lemelin opened her day as the second leg in the 4x100m relay that clocked a 46.20 to win the event. She then ran a career-best 11.89 in the 100m sprint before winning her second-straight 400m hurdles event in 1:02.43.

"That goes down as one of the best single day performances I have ever seen. To compete in five events in the time frame she needed, is really impressive and says a lot about the way she competes to take on those responsibilities. It was an awesome performance," said Cook.

Renny Murphy won the javelin for the third time this spring as she set a school record (52.95m / 173' 8") on her first throw of the day.

Junior Sophie Compton had a career day as she posted a pair of program top-10 times. Compton finished in third place in the 1,500m with the third-best time in Navy history 4:23.52. The San Diego, Calif., native followed up her performance by running the second-fastest 5,000m time in program history of 16:25.94 to secure the team's victory.

The running events opened with impressive performances from Olivia Lutkevich and Mia-Claire Kezal in the 3,000m steeplechase. Lutkevich clocked the fourth-fastest time in school history at 10:18.95 to win the event, while Kezal ran the eighth-best time in 10:24.91 to finish in fourth place.

Jia Anderson won the 100m hurdles (14.01) against Army for the third-consecutive year in a photo finish as she narrowly bested Lemelin (14.02). The Mids swept the event when Bennett Pidro (14.56) edged out Zoe Eggleston (14.60).

Anderson also won the 200m race in a time of 24.97. She was followed by Sophie Richter in second place who earned maximum points for the Midshipmen with a time of 25.01.

Navy also secured max points in the 400m that was led by team captain Kylie Bedard's career-best time of 54.95.  It was her first individual victory in an Army-Navy Star Meet. Taylor Woodworth pushed through the final 100 meters to finish in second place with a time of 55.69 to earn a crucial three points to tie the meet at 59 apiece.

The Midshipmen won the 4x100m relay for the second-straight year over the Black Knights. The quartet of Isabella Romasko, Lemelin, Woodworth and Anderson clocked in at 46.20.

Romasko continued to shine at the meet as she finished in second place in the 400m hurdles (1:03.06).

Freshman Zoie Tesi continued to impress in her rookie campaign as she won the high jump (1.70m / 5' 7") for the third time this spring. Tesi also went on to secure third place in the triple jump (11.61m / 38' 1.25").

Samantha Bollinger posted a season-best triple jump mark of 12.02m (39' 5.25") to win the event in back-to-back meets. She then placed third in the long jump with a career-best leap of 5.69m (18' 8").

Jordynn Hutchinson finished in second place in the discus with a toss of 45.76m (150' 1"). She also threw the seventh-best shot put distance of 14.71m (48' 3.25"). Hutchinson additionally placed third in the hammer throw with a season-best 54.91m (180' 2").

Navy will go back on the road next week when it competes at the JMU Invitational on Saturday in Harrisonburg, Va.
 
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Players Mentioned

Simon Alexander

Simon Alexander

Sprints / Hurdles
6' 1"
Sophomore
Pete deJonge

Pete deJonge

Sprints / Hurdles
5' 11"
Senior
Jacques Guillaume

Jacques Guillaume

Middle Distance
5' 11"
Senior
Marcel  Jackson

Marcel Jackson

Sprints
5' 7"
Sophomore
Jonah Johnson

Jonah Johnson

Sprints
5' 10"
Junior
Nathan Kent

Nathan Kent

Sprints
6' 3"
Junior
Gunnar  Kimball

Gunnar Kimball

Pole Vault
5' 9"
Sophomore
Alexander Kirkland

Alexander Kirkland

Distance
6' 1"
Senior
Luke Nester

Luke Nester

Distance
6' 1"
Senior
Murphy Smith

Murphy Smith

Distance
5' 11"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Simon Alexander

Simon Alexander

6' 1"
Sophomore
Sprints / Hurdles
Pete deJonge

Pete deJonge

5' 11"
Senior
Sprints / Hurdles
Jacques Guillaume

Jacques Guillaume

5' 11"
Senior
Middle Distance
Marcel  Jackson

Marcel Jackson

5' 7"
Sophomore
Sprints
Jonah Johnson

Jonah Johnson

5' 10"
Junior
Sprints
Nathan Kent

Nathan Kent

6' 3"
Junior
Sprints
Gunnar  Kimball

Gunnar Kimball

5' 9"
Sophomore
Pole Vault
Alexander Kirkland

Alexander Kirkland

6' 1"
Senior
Distance
Luke Nester

Luke Nester

6' 1"
Senior
Distance
Murphy Smith

Murphy Smith

5' 11"
Senior
Distance